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usually keeps this solution refrigerated in a 10 ml syringe
with the outlet wrapped completely in wax paper.
21. Electron-micrographs of mitochondrial alterations under var-
ious conditions.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific
Research (C) from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology of Japan.

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